Incidentally, as a senior policemen said recently, there is no such thing as an accident; every crash was destined to occur for one reason or another. Someone or something failed to do what was expected. Thats not an accident.
In police parlance, RTA's (Road Traffic Accident) are now officially classified as RTC's (Road Traffic Collision) to accurately reflect the current belief that there is no such thing as an accident.
You can argue about this til the cows come home (and the police do, ad nauseum, on their forums).
With regard to
30, I was at a meeting not 2 weeks before the tragic day, when a senior officer, discussing flight safety issues, said:
".....all these 'accidents' and incidents were caused by a
failure of leadership"
Sir, in the circumstances that was a very prescient remark, and you know what?
So very true